Industrial Paint & Powder articles from March 2002

Industrial Paint & Powder archives from March 2002

Protect yourself from fraud. (Editor's View).
March 1, 2002... People are bombarded with unsolicited information, much of it useless, some of it priceless. I want to pass along some advice from a corporate attorney that he passed along to everyone in his company. It's about fraud, and I had some of the...

Silver tops color survey. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Silver, white and red were the most popular vehicle colors in North America for the 2001 model year, according to the annual color popularity survey conducted by PPG Industries (Pittsburgh). PPG surveyed more than 20 automakers from around the...

UV-Cured powder coating program at RadTech 2002. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Industrial Paint & Powder will sponsor a half-day Powder Coating End User Program at RadTech 2002 in Indianapolis. The April 29 session will include three segments that will introduce attendees to the fundamentals of UV-cured powder coatings...

Lead-Paint case dismissed, more on the horizon. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... A Maryland judge granted a defendant's motion to dismiss a Maryland-lead property class-action suit filed on behalf of "one-million Maryland homeowners" seeking billions of dollars in damages and abatement relief. The NPCA and several paint...

ASTM changes name. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... ASTM, one of the world's largest voluntary standards-development organizations, has changed its name to ASTM International to better reflect the increasing global application and use of ASTM standards, the organization says. More than 30,000...

Akzo Nobel N.V. continues China expansion. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Akzo Nobel N.V. (Arnhem, The Netherlands) opened a wood coatings plant in Dongguan City, China, as part of its 25 million-euro (about $22 million) investment in China in the past year. The plant will supply products for the rapidly growing...

BASE Corp. Milestone. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... BASE Corp.'s automotive coatings manufacturing plant (Belvidere, NJ) recently marked its 20th year without a missed workday by an employee due to an onsite accident.

Accelerating waterborne flash-off time: Many Ford Motor Co. paint shops couldn't replace solventborne basecoats with waterborne basecoats due to space limitations. Cutting the flash-off time by about 60% should solve the problem.
March 1, 2002... Due to increasingly stringent environmental regulations, the use of waterborne basecoats by the automotive industry has increased significantly since the late 1980s. One issue affecting the adoption of waterborne basecoat at Ford Motor Co. has...

New additives improve textured powder coatings: Many different texture effects that are easy to apply and have a consistent appearance are possible when integrating various formulation techniques with improved additives.
March 1, 2002... Powder coating formulators have many more choices today to create textured coatings than they had 20 years ago. Many coatings additives were not available as dry additives that worked well in powder coatings. The number of additives that could...

Exceeding customer expectations: A reputation for quality work and quick turnaround has helped MMI boost sales by more than 1,000% since 1993.(Morgan Marshall Industries Inc.)
March 1, 2002... With customer satisfaction as its axiom and exceeding customer expectations its mission, Morgan Marshall Industries Inc. (Chicago Heights, IL) has grown from a small south suburban Chicago shop into one of the world's leading manufacturers of...

Roobol on painting. (Q&A).(electrostatic painting systems)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Electrostatic Application of Metallics I am from Hellos, Slovenia, and I have four questions. (1) Could you recommend the most suitable voltage for electrostatic painting systems with a metallic basecoat containing 2.5% aluminum? (2) Which...

Powder coating. (Q&A).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Powder Coating with IR We are just getting into powder coating, we are on a limited budget and we will be coating different parts. Can I use my old infrared oven? If you coat and cure in a "batch" mode, the infrared oven is typically not a...

Coatings R&D notebook. (Q&A).(waterborne and powder coatings)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Reducing Blush in Waterbornes What additives can be used to reduce blushing in waterborne coatings? Blushing is generally described as the white or hazy appearance on the surface of an applied coating as solvent evaporates. When the...

High-performance additives. (Product Innovations).
March 1, 2002... Tego Coating and Ink Additives has developed a group of wetting and dispersing additives based on new, patented technology that enables the formulation of high-performance, universal color concentrates using pigments that historically have been...

Versatile curing/baking ovens. (Product Innovations).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... ACE Equipment Co.'s line of Curing/Baking Ovens is built with the same quality and to the same standards as the ACE Burnout Ovens. The Curing/Baking Ovens offer many features, such as a choice of air flow patterns, many sizes and...

Efficient in-line stripping. (Product Innovations).
March 1, 2002... The Kolene Kontinuous system is an in-line rack stripping process that will make virtually any coating line more efficient. It is installed below the conveyor system of a finishing line between the load and unload stations. When the racks exit...

Low-VOC waterbornes. (Product Innovations).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... The Kem-aqua line of waterborne coatings from Sherwin-Williams is designed to provide high performance in a VOC-complying formulation that is easy to clean up, low in odor and offers reduced fire hazards. The Kem-Aqua 50P Water Reducible Primer...

Residue reducing solvents. (Product Innovations).
March 1, 2002... PUR-Flushes is a new line of flushing solvents for the polyurethane industry. These products are engineered to be solvent blends for use in flushing urethane residues from various types of polyurethane processing equipment. PUR-Flushes has a...

Silver effect pigment. (Product Innovations).
March 1, 2002... Xirallic Crystal Silver Pigment is an effect pigment for coatings. Xirallic is a very bright, extremely pure white effect pigment. It combines a sparkle effect with a distinctive silver color. Xirallic Crystal Silver is also available with a...

Electrocoat 2002.
March 1, 2002... Disney's Coronado Springs Resort & Convention Center Orlando, FL, April 3-5, 2002 Saving money while advancing technology and maintaining a competitive edge is not easy in today's uncertain economy. This year in Orlando, FL, electrocoat...

Helping hands in tough times. (Web Watch).(National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Many companies are suffering economically as customers reduce their purchases and unsold inventories increase. Rather than accumulate the merchandise, companies can donate it to the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources...